Vlada Ekshibarova

Vlada Ekshibarova

Country (sports)	Israel (2016–present) Uzbekistan (2003–2016)
Born	(1989-03-14) 14 March 1989 Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Arne Thoms
Prize money	US$ 130,114
Singles
Career record	407–269 (60.2%)
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 352 (14 July 2008)
Current ranking	No. 841 (24 April 2023)
Doubles
Career record	186–171 (52.1%)
Career titles	15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 319 (20 June 2016)
Current ranking	No. 1393 (24 April 2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	1–14
Last updated on: 5 May 2023.

Vlada Ekshibarova (Hebrew: ולדה אקשיברובה; born 14 March 1989; formerly known as Vlada Katic) is an Israeli-Uzbekistani tennis player. She competed for her native Uzbekistan (born in Soviet Uzbekistan), and since 2016 has competed for Israel.

She has won eight singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 14 July 2008, Ekshibarova reached her best singles ranking of world No. 352. On 20 June 2016, she peaked at No. 319 in the doubles rankings.

Career

Ekshibarova made her WTA Tour debut at the 2004 Tashkent Open, having received a wildcard into the doubles draw with Dilyara Saidkhodjayeva, but they lost to Ekaterina Bychkova and Maria Goloviznina in the first round. Playing for Uzbekistan in the Fed Cup, Ekshibarova had a win–loss record of 1–9.

In 2016, she became an Israeli citizen. In June 2016, Ekshibarova decided to play for Israel instead of Uzbekistan.

In December 2017, Ekshibarova won the Israel Tennis Women's Singles Championship, beating Deniz Khazaniuk 7–6, 5–4 (ret.) in the final, and also won the Doubles Championship, partnering with Maya Tahan.

In 2018, she played for the Israel Fed Cup team, going 0–3 in singles. In Fed Cup, she has an overall win–loss record of 1–14.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 19 (8 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (6–7) Clay (2–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	30 July 2006	ITF Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–4, 7–6(7)
Win	2.	13 July 2007	ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand	Hard	Isha Lakhani	2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	1.	25 November 2007	ITF Manila, Philippines	Clay	Nicole Riner	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	14 November 2010	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Andreea Mitu	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Winner	4.	19 February 2011	Aurangabad, India	Clay	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	26 February 2011	Mumbai, India	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	9 April 2011	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Nadezda Gorbachkova	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	28 June 2014	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Sofia Kvatsabaia	7–5, 6–3
Winner	6.	5 July 2014	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard	Mariam Bolkvadze	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	22 May 2016	Ramat Gan, Israel	Hard	Polina Monova	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	12 June 2016	Akko, Israel	Hard	Marta Paigina	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	18 September 2016	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Jennifer Zerbone	7–6, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	2 October 2016	Tiberias, Israel	Hard	Melis Sezer	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	8 October 2016	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Marta Paigina	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	4 June 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Emiliana Arango	2–6, 3–6
Winner	8.	13 August 2017	ITF İstanbul, Turkey	Clay	Dana Kremer	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	9.	26 November 2017	ITF Heraklion, Greece	Clay	Lisa Sabino	6–2, 2–6, 1–6
Loss	10.	24 June 2018	ITF Kaltenkirchen, Germany	Clay	Jule Niemeier	5–7, 2–6
Loss	11.	17 December 2018	ITF Antalya	Hard	Evgeniya Burdina	4–6, 6–3, 5–7

Doubles: 32 (15–17)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (14–12) Clay (1–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	24 October 2010	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Barbara Sobaszkiewicz	Cristina Dinu Ionela-Andreea Iova	6–1, 2–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	2.	1 May 2015	ITF Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Clay	Daria Lodikova	Albina Khabibulina Polina Merenkova	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	11 May 2015	ITF Acre, Israel	Hard	Daria Lodikova	Hélène Scholsen Sadafmoh Tolibova	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	18 May 2015	ITF Netanya, Israel	Hard	Deniz Khazaniuk	Ofri Lankri Alona Pushkarevsky	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	21 June 2015	ITF Fergana, Uzbekistan	Hard	Natasha Palha	Sharmada Balu Tadeja Majerič	5–7, 3–6
Winner	1.	17 October 2015	ITF Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Olga Doroshina	Lucy Brown Amandine Cazeaux	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Winner	2.	7 November 2015	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Eleni Christofi	Karin Kennel Viktoriya Tomova	4–6, 6–3, [10–1]
Runner-up	6.	14 November 2015	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Helen De Cesare	Karin Kennel Viktoriya Tomova	2–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	28 November 2015	Ramat Gan, Israel	Hard	Olga Doroshina	Alexandra Morozova Barbora Štefková	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	4 December 2015	Ramat Gan, Israel	Hard	Daria Lodikova	Alexandra Morozova Barbora Štefková	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	8.	9 April 2016	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Janina Toljan	Victoria Kan Alyona Sotnikova	1–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	20 May 2016	Ramat Gan, Israel	Hard	Naomi Totka	Yuliya Kalabina Polina Monova	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	9.	3 June 2016	Kiryat Shmona, Israel	Hard	Keren Shlomo	Naomi Totka Ana Veselinović	1–6, 6–1, [6–10]
Winner	5.	10 June 2016	Akko, Israel	Hard	Naomi Totka	Christina Shakovets Veronika Stotyka	6–0, 3–6, [10–6]
Runner-up	10.	27 June 2016	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Alyona Sotnikova	Melis Sezer Ana Veselinović	3–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	4 July 2016	Buca, Turkey	Hard	Ana Veselinović	Daria Lodikova Anette Munozova	6–3, 6–3
Winner	7.	18 September 2016	Askelon, Israel	Hard	Madeleine Kobelt	Alona Pushkarevsky Keren Shlomo	6–0, 3–6, [10–8]
Runner-up	11.	19 September 2016	Kiryat Gat, Israel	Hard	Melis Sezer	Ekaterina Kazionova Madeleine Kobelt	6–7(5), 3–6
Winner	8.	2 October 2016	Tiberias, Israel	Hard	Melis Sezer	Ekaterina Kazionova Madeleine Kobelt	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	5 November 2016	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Steffi Distelmans	Nina Kruijer Suzan Lamens	2–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Runner-up	12.	13 November 2016	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Steffi Distelmans	Michaela Boev Andrea Ka	4–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	26 November 2016	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Raluca Georgiana Șerban	Michaela Boev Cristiana Ferrando	6–4, 7–6(4)
Winner	10.	4 December 2016	Ramat Gan, Israel	Hard	Ekaterina Yashina	Daiana Negreanu Keren Shlomo	6–2, 7–6(4)
Winner	11.	9 December 2016	Ramat Gan, Israel	Hard	Ekaterina Yashina	Sofia Dmitrieva Anna Pribylova	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	14.	1 April 2017	İstanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Eleni Daniilidou	Ekaterina Kazionova Elena Rybakina	1–6, 3–6
Winner	12.	6 May 2017	Acre, Israel	Hard	Despina Papamichail	Shelly Krolitzky Maya Tahan	6–4, 6–3
Winner	13.	8 June 2018	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Elena-Teodora Cadar	Shahar Biran Laetitia Pulchartová	6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Runner-up	15.	23 June 2018	Kaltenkirchen, Germany	Clay	Sviatlana Pirazhenka	Anna Gabric Katharina Gerlach	2–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Winner	14.	14 September 2018	ITF Almaty, Kazakhstan	Clay	Maryna Chernyshova	Albina Khabibulina Ksenia Palkina	7–6(3), 6–2
Runner-up	16.	19 January 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Julia Stamatova	Kanako Morisaki Ayaka Okuno	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	17.	10 February 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Maryna Chernyshova	Cemre Anil Oana Georgeta Simion	2–6, 4–6
Win	15.	30 March 2019	ITF Tel Aviv	Hard	Daria Kruzhkova	Merel Hoedt Anna Sisková	6–3, 6–2

External links

• Vlada Ekshibarova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Vlada Ekshibarova at the International Tennis Federation
• Vlada Ekshibarova at the Billie Jean King Cup